Food safety quality

Sazerac Company Overview :

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world.

Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye.

Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.

O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of world’s most award-winning distillery through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years.

Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Company / Location Overview :

Welcome to Barton 1792 Distillery, Barton Brands of Kentucky. Our proud heritage dates back to 1879 with the founding of the Tom Moore Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Renamed Barton 1792 Distillery, we continue to produce the highest quality spirits for over 130 years.

In 2009, we became a part of Sazerac Company which was established in 1850 and is a leading U.S. spirits supplier, with the world's most decorated distillery, and a portfolio of award-winning brands.

Sazerac is an independent, family owned company; we attribute our success to a unique blend of our history, culture, brands, relationships, innovation, technology, and most importantly, our people.

For more information, please visit www.sazerac.com.

Job Description / Responsibilities :

Develop direct reports. Create and promote a culture of quality through effective training, implementation, and auditing of Quality and Food Safety systems.

Assist with Laboratory Technician duties as needed to ensure production needs are met. The direct impact will be improvement of Quality, Food Safety, increase in consumer satisfaction, compliance with our 3rd party party partners and regulations, and reducing cost.

Ensure Barton Brands of Kentucky complies with the current regulatory and legal requirements for quality and food safety.

This includes 3rd party customers and changes in rules and regulations.

• Lead your team in safe work practices, lead a culture of prevention, support established safety and quality programs & training, and communicate / mentor quality and safety standards.
• Utilize the PDS system to continually improve skills through feedback and self-reflection. This position will also lead in building a quality talent base to ensure the continual improvement of the organization’s quality skills and quality culture development.

Conduct PDS reviews with direct reports and drive skill development in the BBK quality team.

Develop and implement auditing to measure and track the Quality performance of BBK. These measurements will then be used to improve operations and continually improve quality by working with the various departments.

Monitor & improve HACCP initiatives by completing audits of all areas of operation for compliance. Act as liaison for third party auditing & inspection teams, ensuring their needs are met, and facilitating requests for documentation, etc.

• Continue to improve the Quality / Food Safety System. Leads BBK, along with the Quality Manager, in the continual improvement of the quality processes and systems throughout the manufacturing organization.
• Conducts PDS reviews with Direct Reports on identified competencies within the Quality Department. Ensure system correctly reflects performance & development needs.

Along with the Quality Manager, develop a career plan that will allow for my progression toward long term objectives. Assist in mentoring quality professionals within the organization to reach their goals.

Lead the Lab Techs in standardizing test methods and reducing variability in results. Lead all levels of BBK in food safety initiatives to ensure compliance with ISO standards.

Lead food safety meetings to ensure HACCP and Food Safety Programs are effective and ensure validations are completed as needed.

Ensure Barton Brands of Kentucky, through the quality / food safety system, meets the regulatory quality / food safety standards.

Along with the Quality Manager, leads in moving the ownership for quality / food safety to the source. In the end, all employees understand their role and responsibility for quality / food safety and are engaged in the quality and food safety processes ensuring customer satisfaction.

Qualifications / Requirements :

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 5 year's of relevant experience
• Previous supervisory experience
• Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and PC skills
• Change management experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills and high comfort using technology and systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• ISO / HACCP implementation / management experience
• Food Safety Certification or proven experience working with Global Food Safety standards
• Experience working with external / internal auditors
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles

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Last updated : 2024-02-23